Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8026

Introduced

CLEAR Act

Sponsor

RW. Gregory Steube· Florida

Introduced

March 19, 2026

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.March 19, 2026

Full text of the bill

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 8026 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8026

To amend section 111 of title 18, United States Code, to establish an 
offense relating to obstructing certain law enforcement vehicle.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 19, 2026

Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. DesJarlais, 
Ms. Boebert, and Mr. Fine) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend section 111 of title 18, United States Code, to establish an 
offense relating to obstructing certain law enforcement vehicle.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Criminalizing Law Enforcement Access 
Restriction Act'' or the ``CLEAR Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFENSE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTING CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
VEHICLE.

Section 111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Enhanced Penalty for Use of a Vehicle.--Whoever uses a 
vehicle to forcibly assault, resist, intimidate, or interfere with a 
Federal law enforcement officer of the Department of Homeland Security 
or the Department of Justice, while engaged in or on account of the 
performance of official duties, shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
``(d) Enhanced Penalty for Obstructing a Federal Law Enforcement 
Vehicle.--Whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, 
intimidates, or interferes with a Federal law enforcement officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice, while 
engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties in a 
Federal law enforcement vehicle, shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.''.
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